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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$13,605 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,629 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Civil Engineering School for You

Civil Engineering is the #35 most popular major in South Carolina with 81 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in South Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value programs for civil eng students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in South Carolina

Check out the civil eng programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Civil Engineering

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC
$15,558 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Clemson University the best value school in South Carolina for civil engineering students. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Clemson are $15,558 a year.

Clemson did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Civil Engineering Schools in South Carolina list.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Clemson University

$12,570 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Citadel Military College of South Carolina helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in South Carolina. Located in the city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at The Citadel are $12,570 a year.

The Citadel also took the #2 spot in our Best Civil Engineering Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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$12,688 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UofSC are $12,688 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UofSC is ranked #3 for overall quality for civil eng in South Carolina.

Full Civil Engineering at University of South Carolina - Columbia Report

Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 166
Florida 288
Georgia 108
North Carolina 143
Tennessee 73
Kentucky 58
Louisiana 32
Alabama 77
Mississippi 8
Arkansas 17
West Virginia 10

One of 39 majors within the area of study, civil engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

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